DC athletes ready to see action

By Neil Bravo
Davao City will be joining some 6,000 athletes, coaches, and game officials from the 17 regions of the country that will see action in the 2013 National Games of the Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) from February 11 to 16 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center.
“We are completing all our documentary requirements now and consolidating our delegation,” Joaquin Sarabia, PRISAA XI Executive Director, told EDGE Davao yesterday.
Davao City will be spearheading the regional contingent after topping most of the 25 events completed to virtually retain the overall title earlier this month.
Sarabia said Davao City will be powered by University of Mindanao, Davao Merchant Marine Academyy, University of the Immaculate Conception, Jose Maria College, Mindanao Aeronautical Technical School and Davao Doctors College.
Davao City ruled volleyball men (DMMA), volleyball women (UM), taekwondo women (UM), table tennis men (UM), softball women (UM), lawn tennis men (UM), lawn tennis women (UM), karatedo men (UM), karatedo women (UM), football (UM), dancesport Latin (DDC), dancesport Modern (UIC), chess men (JMC), chess women (UM), basketball men (UM), basketball women (UM), baseball (UM) and badminton men (MATS) in the PRISAA XI Regional Games held in Tagum City.
Davao del Norte will be sending their beach volleyball event after UM-Tagum won both the men’s and women’s titles as well as boxing (UM-Panabo) and sepak takraw (UM-Tagum).
Davao del Sur will represent the region in women’s badminton, women’s table tennis and men’s taekwondo through Cor Jesu College.
The PRISAA National Games will be hosted by PRISAA Region 1 headed by Dr. Gonzalo T. Duque, concurrently national PRISAA president; who is president of the Lyceum-Northwestern University in Dagupan and the Pangasinan provincial government headed by Governor Amado Espino Jr.
The events on tap in the week-long national sports conclave for collegiate athletes are basketball, badminton, sepak takraw, beach volleyball, baseball, volleyball, football, boxing, chess, Karate-do, lawn tennis, table tennis, dance sport and swimming in the men’s and women’s division, judo for men and softball for women.
The PRISAA national games will be held in cooperation with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) – Region 1 and Department of Education through Schools Divisions of Pangasinan 1 and City of Dagupan. (with a report from PNA)